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"Curiosity, a huge accomplishment in interstellar exploration" I feel a deep sense of wonder with all these achievements, but isn't this description a wild str
by ezequiel-garzon 10y ago
"Curiosity, a huge accomplishment in interstellar exploration"
I feel a deep sense of wonder with all these achievements, but isn't this description a wild stretch? Necessary first steps, for sure, but...
- jeremiep 10y agoThe first steps are often the hardest to make :)
- duaneb 10y agoHow do you figure? You trailed off at the end without finishing your thought. I'd love to hear why you don't think it's a huge accomplishment.
- ezequiel-garzon 10y agoSorry about that! I do feel it is a huge accomplishment. Full stop. It is the interstellar part that puzzled me. Why not intergalactic? Of course it is a huge first step in both directions, and so are computers, the wheel and various technologies for that matter. However, we're still warming up in our stellar system.
- jerf 10y agoMost people are weak on the difference between intra- and inter-. It's in the set of things I don't even consider trying to go grammar-nazi on because it's so widespread it's arguably correct now, and the "real" distinction is merely jargon used by several subcommunities.
- inopinatus 10y agoPeople en masse will be clearer on finer points of language if those who already grasp them make the effort to polish their communications. Don't mistake lack of awareness for stupidity. Most people learn by example. Corollary: every wrong apostrophe breed's another.
- inopinatus 10y agoI agree. This hyperbolic phrase would likely not have survived a persnickety editor, who might've replaced "interstellar" with "interplanetary". Source: I am a persnickety editor.
- nitrogen 10y agoMore media organizations desperately need good editors. It gets very distracting to find obvious errors even in science journalism.